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Military > Nuclear weapons Stats: compare key data on France & United States

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STAT France United States
Atmospheric tests 57
Ranked 2nd.
231
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than France
Nuclear warheads 300
Ranked 3rd.
7,700
Ranked 2nd. 26 times more than France
Peaceful use tests 4
Ranked 2nd.
27
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than France
Share of all nuclear tests 10.2%
Ranked 2nd.
48.7%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than France
Share of all nuclear tests by yield 2.51%
Ranked 3rd.
36.3%
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than France
Test detonations 217
Ranked 2nd.
1,127
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than France
Total yield of all tests 13,567 Kt
Ranked 3rd.
196,513 Kt
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than France

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (Defined as these classes of tests: atmospheric, surface, barge, cratering, space, and underwater tests.); http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/nuclearweapons/nukestatus.html, April 2014; Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (As declared so by the nation testing; some may have been dual use.); Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country); Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (Detonations include zero-yield detonations in safety tests and failed full yield tests, but not those in the accident category listed above.)

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